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The doctors in the room stood up to greet the leader.

Director Yang entered with a familiar and amiable smile, typical of his interactions with frontline staff, and candidly said to the doctors from his hospital: "I must first ask your opinions about the patient. Have you seen the patient?"

"We have," Doctor Jiang and his colleagues answered nervously, glancing sideways at Student Pan.

This young fellow actually anticipated the leader would come in person.

Director Yang continued with his speech: "This patient is a student from Geological University. The university's leaders called me and earnestly requested that we at Guoxie do everything possible to save this young person's life. He is a brilliant young student, a very talented university individual. They hope we can cure his illness, enabling him to become a pillar of the country, rather than leaving him and his family without a future."

The leader's words were essentially to exert pressure. Doctor Jiang and Yu Xuexian exhaled. In reality, frontline doctors strive to save every patient, regardless of their background, without discriminating based on identity.

"Speak," Director Yang encouraged them to express themselves, "I am waiting."

Yu Xuexian and Doctor Jiang looked at each other; at this moment, there was no intention to argue, just to align with the leader's viewpoint. Because the patient's current condition is indeed complex.

Director Yang wanted them to propose a treatment plan to decide which department would handle it, a challenging task.

After waiting for a while and seeing they hadn't spoken, Director Yang grew anxious and, offering a prompt, asked: "What is the most crucial issue for the patient right now?"

The question wasn't difficult to answer. The most urgent and tricky issue with the patient, already reflected in previous medical records, was the worsening abdominal abscess. The initial strategy for both internal medicine and surgery is the same: take steps to eliminate the abdominal abscess.

At other hospitals, they have tried antibiotic treatments and surgical drainage for the abscess, both with little effect, forcing them to seek help from Guoxie.

For difficult cases like this, a thorough expert discussion is imperative, hence the need to admit the patient for comprehensive examinations to provide adequate data for judgment. It's unlikely to come up with concrete measures upon first receiving the patient.

Being a doctor himself, Director Yang knew concrete measures couldn't be devised immediately, but wanted to learn their initial ideas, his eyes sweeping across all the doctors present: "Do you really have no direction on the treatment strategy?"

"We could administer immunosuppressants. If the condition is in an outbreak phase, add hormone medications for control. Our gastroenterology department has a combination of drug regimen that could benefit the patient," Yu Xuexian said, watching the leader's expression.

"Do you think using the mentioned drugs will eliminate the patient's abscess?" Director Yang spoke further, seeming to provoke widespread discussion.

"To eliminate the abscess surely requires multiple measures. Appropriate antibiotics are necessary, with drainage fluid tests to identify the infection," Yu Xuexian responded calmly, adjusting his gold-framed glasses, then suddenly added, "My student mentioned another surgical method to complement our medical treatment."

Xie Wanying hesitated for a moment to determine if she was suddenly being targeted by Senior Brother Yu.

The office suddenly fell silent.

In truth, it wasn't just her who was puzzled; Doctor Jiang was equally bewildered.

Doctor Jiang's eyes were surprised, nearly dumbfounded, wondering what was going on with Yu Xuexian, who had previously refuted surgical approaches and dismissed Xie Wanying, the surgical student, now suddenly changed his opinion favoring Xie Wanying's suggestion. He almost thought this internal medicine colleague had developed a split personality.